Non-Freight Related Charge

A Non-Freight Related Charge (NFRC) represents fees that are tied directly to the job but not a specific shipment. Use this page to describe the details of the NFRC. An example of an NFRC charge may be import/export documentation fees, etc. You can create NFRCs as part of the revenue or expense of a job and they are reflected in the appropriate totals and profit calculations.

These charges are created as a new shipment with a Shipment Type ID of NON FREIGHT RELATED CHARGE; however, these shipments do not appear in any of the Shipment Managers and can only be displayed in relation to the job to which they are assigned. This page is reached via Brokerage and Forwarding > Job Management > Job Details. Find a job. View the expenses and click the New button in the Non Freight Related Charges section.

Most of the fields that appear on this page are a subset of those that appear on the Financials tab of the Shipment Manager but their function is the same.

1. To create a charge, you can enter an ID or have the business number generator (BNG) automatically create one for you.

   • The default BNG format of a NFRC ID is the same as a shipment.

2. Select a domain.

3. Select the Profit Split check box to indicate that the NFRC shipments created from this NFRC are profit split shipments.

4. The Non-Freight Related Charge Rule field displays the rule ID if this charge was created based on an NFRC charge rule.

5. You must identify the service provider associated with the charge. You can configure this field to be automatically populated using Job properties (for sell non-freight related charges only).

6. Select a transport mode.

7. Select a payment method code.

8. Find or add a rate offering.

9. Find or add a rate record.

10. The Advanced Charge check box can be selected or cleared by running the Flag As Advanced Charge and Unflag as Advanced Charge actions from a sell shipment and a job. An advanced charge is a charge on a job that is collected on the forwarder's behalf.

11. Select a currency.

You can model NFRC charges in the following ways:

• Manually enter each charge as a specific Cost Type

• As rates that are calculated during a rating process.

• As accessorials/special services.

Rating Non-Freight Related Charges

If you model NFRCs as rates, the rate that you create to support these charges must be configured differently than standard transportation rates since an NFRC is created as a shipment that does not contain the same data as a transport shipment. For example, an NFRC shipment does not have stops, mode, equipment, etc.

To create a rate that models an NFRC, you must assign an offering type of NON-GEOGRAPHY on the rate offering. The corresponding rate record would not require any geography data as well and the rate cost should not contain detailed shipment rate basis attributes such as shipment stop, shipment equipment, distance, etc.

After you set up a rate, you can use the Assign Rate action (under Change Shipment Details) to have OTM determine the cost of the NFRC.

When you run the Assign Rate action, OTM only searches for a rate that matches the service provider you specify on the NFRC with an offering type of NON-GEOGRAPHY. If you defined multiple rates of this type for one service provider, OTM picks the first one it finds. Therefore, limit rates of this type to one per service provider. When a matching rate is found, the Rate Offering and Rate Record fields on the NFRC Identification tab are populated with the appropriate rate IDs. A Base Cost Type is also populated with the calculated cost.

Cost Type

You can associate a cost and cost type with the NFRC. To add a shipment cost, click New Shipment Cost.

• If you add a remark on the shipping costs, to view it, you have to open the cost.

Accessorial Code/Special Service

Enter accessorial codes and/or special services if necessary.

Order Release - Charge Association

This section of the page displays a list of the order releases that are on the job. You can associate the charge to one or more order releases.